Tisbe pods are shipping on a normal schedule. Rotifer expansion is rolling, the extras are now on the site. Orders placed laster in the week may be pushed to the following week. Monday-Thursday please call to get a response. Responding to texts can be difficult while packing orders. For any questions please call 801-901-0970, Skyler
Our 2 Pod culturing kit does not ship for FREE, shipping charges will be applied at checkout.
We know it's expensive to buy pods every couple of weeks or months. We've collaborated with Reefer Dan to put together a simple kit. Culture your own pods with ease, everything you need is included in the kit. Plus you'll receive a special **discount on 1 gallon phytoblend bags when you buy are kit. Detailed instructions are included in the kit.
We do recommend culturing 2 Tigriopus vessels as you'll harvest one vessel every other week. If culturing all 3 pods, TIsbe, Apocyclops & Tigriopus we recommend buying the 4 vessel kit.
When purchasing the kit, we recommend buying the kit, waiting for it to arrive. Placing your pod order after your kit arrives to make sure everything safely. We will send you a discount code for 16 ounce bottles of pods to get your pod populations taking off.
Each kit will come with the selected amount of jars, Aquatop AP-20 air pump, valve for each kit size, lids that have been drilled for rigid tubing, rigid tubing and one 25' of Lees clear airline tubing
Save 7% off Affordable Fragz sieves when you purchase your kit. Pick out the sizes and colors you'd like and the discount will automatically apply at checkout. When you have the culturing kit in your cart. We recommend 50, 120 & 250 sizes minimum to harvest pods. We use a complete set when we harvest as the larger sieves help collect and remove large chunks of phytoplankton.
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James Jukes
Pods Galore
2nd time ordering from these guys and every batch have been great! The price, packaging and speed of delivery will not disappoint
Tigriopus californicus
Joey Graham
A little difficult... but very doable.
After two failed attempts to culture R. Salina, I had given up. After watching Skyler's video, I mustered up the courage to try again. He explained there is a difference between phyto for feeding and phyto for culturing. I followed his procedure, and 9 days later I harvested. 1.5 quarts. The extra steps I took to sanitize everything, and to sterilize the media made a big difference. Thank you, Skyler!!!
Starter and harvest pics:
Rhodomonas salina for culturing
Joey Graham
Great phyto and great service!
RL is my new go-to store for phyto. Skyler was extremely helpful by answering all of my questions quickly and concisely. I sent him pictures of my first harvest of T-iso, which was golden brown. He told me it would get darker, and he was absolutely correct. His video of how he cultures Rhodomonas Salina has given me the courage to try it again after two failed attempts. Pic of first T-iso harvest after 10 days, and of the 2nd harvest after 7 days.
Tisochrysis lutea (T-iso)
Joey Graham
Clean and healthy T-iso starter culture!
The bottle of Tisochrysis lutea arrived quickly, and in great condition. I started the culture within an hour, and 10 days later I harvested a quart of beautiful Tahitian gold! It's a wonderful addition to my Tet and Nanno harvests that I'm feeding to my copepod cultures and tanks. Any questions I had were quickly answered, and all is going as planned. I'm a happy camper!!!
Tisochrysis lutea for culturing
Brent Burton
Great product!
I received Rhodomonas Salina and isochrysis galbana phytoplankton as well as tibse and apocyclopse copepods and they are doing great! I have already harvested 6g of nice dark phyto and the pods love it. The pod cultures were swarming with nauplii and have since grown exponentially. My tanks are very happy with the added diversity. Highly recommend Reef Legends! Customer service was great too.